Artist: Rumba: Soul of Congo
Song: Mario [TPOK Jazz cover]
Recorded at the Paradise Theatre, May 20, 2023.
A la gauche! A la droit! This evening of music and dance was assembled by Batuki Music Society to celebrate Congolese rumba — part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The crack band moved freely through the catalog of some of rumba's greatest-ever hits. Bureaucratic entanglements meant that international guest Olivier Tshimanga was unable to appear, but the rest of the group, including Blandine Mbiya (singer, dancer), Pecosse Animations (singer), Noel Mpiaza (drums), Dauphin Mbuyi (bass), Jean-Claude Kamina a.k.a. R9 (guitar), Samson Owandji (keyboards) and Walter Maclean, drawn from the Montréal and Toronto scenes, did a fabulous job in his absence. As always, this music is highly suitable both for dancefloor groovers and fans of nimbly-floating guitar wizardry — and as this track shows, the band was willing and able to stretch out the songs to lean into the gooves, get the crowd involved, and generally keep the party going.
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